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Fight Report
Pre-fight analysis · prediction vs result
The most durable man in featherweight history now has a chin rating of zero, and he's fighting a submission specialist who scores a perfect ten.
Darren Elkins built a fifteen-year career on being impossible to finish. He is 42 now, and the database has caught up with him: his chin rating reads 0.0. That figure is not a slur on a genuinely great durability record — it is the model registering that the last thing to happen to him was Julian Erosa stopping him in the first round in April 2025, and that at his age the accumulated damage no lo…
Elkins (29-12) was stopped in the first round by Julian Erosa in April 2025 and has not fought since — sixteen months out at 42 years old. His chin rating of 0.0 is the model's verdict on a career's worth of absorbed damage catching up at once.
Del Valle (10-1) has two first-round submissions in his last three, with the only blemish a decision loss to Jordan Leavitt in February. His submission score of 10.0 and grappling of 8.0 are the highest figures on this card in either category.
Del Valle's 10.0 submission score against a 42-year-old with a 0.0 chin rating
Sixteen months of inactivity for Elkins after a first-round knockout loss
Elkins' only edge — 6.32 volume against 1.33 — requires the fight to stay standing
Del Valle's loss to Leavitt showed he can be neutralised by wrestling he can't beat; Elkins likely can't provide it
Elkins has spent a career refusing to lose fights he should have lost — writing him off has embarrassed people before
Del Valle's striking of 1.33 means if the takedowns fail he has almost no plan B
This Fight — Statistics
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Combatrics radar — 6 fighting dimensions scored 0–10
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